Renato Vinicius ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I have Kempff's 1965 Hammerklavier - amazing, but I looking for another
>one.  I heard Brendel's third recording (Phillips) and I enjoyed a lot,
>and Daniel Baremboim's on Deutsche, I liked too, but I'm thinking on some
>other I've never heard.  I saw comments on Gilels, but I'm not sure if he
>recorded it just once, and so I don't know which one is better.  I heard
>about Gieseking's, but I am really doubtful on which CD to purchase - I
>would purchase all if I could...

You should certainly hear Solomon (EMI) and Pollini (DG).  Gilels did only
record it once BTW and is excellent but I prefer S & P.  Gieseking? I don't
know his recording, didn't even know he'd done it, but he would strike me
as a very odd choice for this music.

Deryk Barker
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